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The Hindu Crossword No. 8494

Across

1 Stealing a hat modelled by wife is illegal (7,3,3)

8 At bottom find running water a nuisance (7)

9 Agitate to take up the foot rest for the rider (7)

11 Sailor and daughter get a cut maybe, to take away by fraud (6)

13 Agree Tim could settle abroad (8)

15 Kind of inside information given to soldiers (5)

16 Sensing disarray among American naval officers (7)

18 Plea note alternatively made, to conditionally release prisoner (7)

19 Strained English, sent off (5)

21 They possibly are from outer space (8)

23 Areas to walk in ocean going craft (6)

25 Finding ways around good medico's ingenuousness (7)

26 Singer one associates with the bagpipes (7)

28 It takes a turn for the better (8,5)

Down

2 Undergo conversion and get a reward (7)

3 Tend to lose temper in retirement (3)

4 Arranges to fix in position (4)

5 Job undertaken by teacher, one who allots hard work (10)

6 Oriental sovereign making up to the required measure (5)

7 Lapse by South African gunner resulted in total unpaid debts (7)

8 Planner with a chequered career (11)

10 This ancestor scored with peers, possible (11)

12 Transparent and without blemish (5)

14 What the camper did when laid low with malice aforethought (4,6)

17 Rise and dress (3,2)

18 Left in charge round the entrance (7)

20 Sort of party stopper? (7)

22 A trade made for the highest and best conceivable (5)

24 Unsightly spots near the bridge! (4)

27 Burnt remains of tree (3)

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